He said the company intends to further the program given the support from the U.S. government and the Defense Department‘s policy permitting its allied forces to acquire this kind of system, according to the report.

Bush also told the conference call that Korea, Japan, Australia and other nations have placed interest in the RQ-4 Global Hawk and MQ-4C Triton systems, Flight Global reports.

The maritime Triton variant is entering the low-rate production phase after completing its initial flight test, and that the company is in talks with the U.S. Navy for the service’s unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike program, the executive added.

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